"scarcer" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 更稀缺

Definition

“更稀缺”表示某物比以前更难获得或更少见，意味着更不容易找到或得到。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“Scarcer”是“scarce”的比较级，常用于资源、机会等短缺程度的比较，如‘水在沙漠中更稀缺’。不要用于描述常见或丰富的东西。不要与“rare”（罕见、特别）混淆。

Examples

Good jobs are becoming scarcer in small towns.

小镇上的好工作变得**更稀缺**了。

Water is scarcer during the dry season.

在旱季，水变得**更稀缺**。

Food was even scarcer after the storm.

暴风雨过后，食物变得更加**稀缺**。

After all these years, old coins are much scarcer now.

这么多年后，老硬币现在**更稀缺**了。

Tickets for the concert are getting scarcer as the date gets closer.

随着日期临近，音乐会门票变得**更稀缺**了。

Fresh fruit is much scarcer in winter than in summer.

鲜果在冬天比夏天**更稀缺**。